The title, some content, and publisher have changed. Piero Alesi is back in the states after being away in Italy for two years. At a family get-together he’s decided that Adanna Washington will be his. Piero is known for getting what he wants both in business and his personal life. He's never envisioned himself in competition with his own cousin, Nicco for Adanna’s attention. Nicco believes he has the upper hand—Adanna’s his sister’s best friend, and he’s been in contact with Adanna far longer than Piero. However, Piero is willing to chance that the love he has for Adanna will far outweigh Nicco’s lust. He only has to convince her. Adanna Washington writes about love but doesn’t have the time for romance in her life. She is far too busy. Adanna is late on a deadline with her editor — attending her best friend, Carina’s Alesi’s family outing is the last place she should be. Imagine her surprise when at the outing she attracts the attention of not only Carina’s brother, Nicco, but also of Carina’s elusive cousin, Piero. Not wanting to be a pawn in this game the Alesi men seem to want to play—she rebuffs them both, or so she thought.

    Her work life is good-fulfilling, even. However, she can't say the same about her marriage. But Tessa loves her husband, and she is determined to make their union work. She overlooks their lackluster sex life, as well as his disinterest in doing 'couple stuff'. It's what she signed on for, after all. For better or worse, right? But, when Tessa is hit with the ultimate betrayal just days before her class reunion, maintaining loyalty inside of a failing marriage is the last thing on her mind. Despite what she has gone through, and rather than wallow in self-pity, Tessa decides to attend the event. She has no idea what to expect from the evening, its sole purpose is meant to serve as a getaway. But, when she encounters August, a former college classmate, sparks fly. But not for long . . . There will be twists, turns, and added cast members to bring this story to life. Will Tessa return to her marriage and try to make it work? Will she decide on a road untraveled? Or, will she choose to be alone?

     Nia Harris is a devoted mother who works long hours to take care of her son, Tyrone. Her workaholic ex has no interest in being a father, but his financial support pays the tuition for Tyrone’s private school. When Nia gets a call that Tyrone has been suspended, she meets the rough-and-tumble little girl he’s clashing with … and the girl’s devastatingly sexy father. Dylan Yurkovich loves his daughter, Molly, but his IT securities firm takes up most of his time. He can’t help noticing that Nia is lovely, even if she is a bit of a control freak. Neither one of them can afford to take time off, and their usual sitters aren’t available during school hours. With no other choice, the parents work out a deal to trade off childcare for the next three days. The arrangement gives Tyrone the rare chance to play outside in the dirt, and Molly the opportunity to be a girly girl. Their parents, meanwhile, see eye to eye on almost nothing … but they can’t deny the attraction sparking beneath their arguments. Strong as their chemistry is, it’s no guarantee. Can two such different people bridge the gaps between them? Or will they say goodbye forever when those three days are up? **** This is a standalone full length BWWM romance novel with an HEA. **** Your copy of "An Unlikely Match " (approximately 50,000 words) includes a BONUS BOOK by Tiana Cole(approximately 50,000 words)

    She’s marrying Kelly Westcott’s brother! I've never forgotten the way Kelly used all those cruel, ignorant stereotypes about Black people against me when we were kids. Maybe I should forgive her, but I just can't. And now I've found the perfect revenge, because I just met this super hot guy on my new interior design contract. He's an architect, and really nice--and did I mention hot? Maybe it's crazy, asking a perfect stranger to go to my sister's wedding with me, but I did it anyway. And he said yes! Kelly will burn with jealousy when she sees me with him. Derek: Oh, man. What have I done? I can’t believe I hid my real identity from Jayla. But I couldn't risk telling her the truth. She's the first woman I've wanted to date since I divorced my cheating wife five years ago. Jayla is beautiful, and I really like her--and she likes me for myself, not because I'm a billionaire. So now I’m pretending to be Derek Brandon, average guy, instead of D.B. Drake, billionaire CEO. I’ve got two weeks to win her over, and maybe by then Jayla will be into me enough to forgive me. It’s just a little white lie. Right?

    Then a few days before Christmas, the worthless jerk sent her divorce papers. Gracie is four months pregnant, and her husband doesn't know it. When Gracie's mother-in-law invites her to Christmas with the family, Gracie figures why not? She lost her dad a couple years ago, so she just wants one last Christmas before she doesn't have any family except her and the baby.From the first moment Asher Hawkes, Gracie's brother-in-law, comes to pick her up, she notices how he looks at her and how he's careful to make sure she's got everything she needs. Ash doesn't know her secret, that her husband left her or that she's pregnant. He doesn't know about the divorce papers, and Gracie wants to keep it that way. Unfortunately, from the day she steps into her in-laws' house, everything goes wrong.Gracie's attraction to Ash grows, but she's battling the feelings she still has for her soon-to-be ex-husband. She won't be the woman that moves from one brother to the next, but Ash won't give up once he learns what his brother has done. Things get complicated when Carter arrives, and all Gracie's secrets are revealed.This Christmas, it's not just about love and family. It's also about betrayal, jealousy, lies...and a foot to the throat.

    That was the last straw for the Crime Scene Investigator who is already dealing with major trust issues. She is reluctant to put her trust in another contractor until her best friend convinces her to try a contractor she swears will not hustle her. Then comes home improvement contractor Jason Green, a man dealing with trust issues of his own. With a little arm-twisting from a friend, he offers to build Peyton the kitchen of her dreams and prove there are honest contractors, and not all men are dogs. Not all goes as planned when the two meet unexpectedly. She is left with a bad first impression of him, but he is head over heels smitten at first sight with her. Something Different is a grown and sexy read that will have you laughing, crying, and mad, all at the same time.

    Before I knew it, I woke up next to Chris.CHRISI'm the kind of guy who hits it and quits it. So why is Nora wearing a rock on her finger?I'd annul our marriage, but I can't find her. And when I do, she'll reveal the secret that she's been keeping...a gift that'll come in nine months.Note: Only read this book if you like steamy scenes.

    But after one unexpected, totally hot Friday evening encounter on her office desk of all places, she's convinced that maybe he returns the feeling she's harboured for him in the fifteen months they have worked together.Her euphoria doesn't last for long, though. The very next Monday she watches in shock as he kisses the young woman who drops him off to work at the office and then saunters in looking as though she had kept him up all night.Is there an innocent explanation for the kiss and Stephano's bleary-eyed appearance? Did his father suffer chest pains and have to be rushed to the hospital where the doctors kept him in all night for close monitoring? Or is it just an excuse Stephano's using to cover his night of pleasure with another woman?This novella is 30,141 words in length.

    She, instead, becomes as badass her badass half-brothers: the notorious mob boss Mick Sinatra and the ruthless businessman Big Daddy Charles Sinatra. She rises to become a respected and feared international drug kingpin, but in so doing she angers her big brothers, and gains the unwanted attention of the federal government. Her brothers want her to stop, and will make her stop if they have to. But right now, Amelia has vengeance on her mind . . . Gorgeous and powerful Hamilton "Hammer" Reese, the former CIA Director known for his vicious tactics to get the bad guys, and his bedroom skills to get the ladies, has admired the infamous Amelia from afar for many years. Until one night, when their red-hot passion gets the best of them, a child is conceived. Now the stakes are higher than ever and Hammer is discovering that there is a lot more to the elusive Amelia than mind-blowing sex. He finds himself falling in love for the first time in his life, and Amelia finds herself unable to keep her own deepening feelings for a player like Hammer at bay. But there's a problem: Reggie Dell, a young lady Hammer adores and protects as if she were his own daughter, is in love with Hammer too. And what Reggie wants,Reggie gets . . . In the first installment of the Amelia Sinatra interracial romance series, Amelia's undying need to extract revenge on those who did her wrong, and Hammer Reese's undying love for Amelia clash violently into a fiery explosion that their blossoming romance may not be able to quench.

    With her biological clock ticking, and fearing it's too late to have children, she decides fertility treatments are her best option.Nick Carradigne is a fertility specialist and one of the best doctors in the industry. When Oksana comes in for fertility treatments, he can't help but be a bit attracted to this ebony beauty, but fights his attraction to her as she is engaged, and a patient after all.But then the unthinkable happens, the fertility treatments are unresponsive and Oksana's engagement is broken off. Left in tears, through sheer chance she meets Nick again and can't help notice his tall, lean physique, salt and pepper blonde hair and piercing green eyes.No longer a patient of his, and Oksana being newly single, Nick pursues her aggressively and they start a relationship together, despite the wishes of Nick's grandmother, who is almost like a mother to him. Months go by and things go great at first, but Oksana soon realizes Nick wants a family and wonders if she'll ever be able to have kids.But with two miracles just around the corner for her, will Oksana be able to hold on?And will Nick's hateful grandmother stuck in her own ways keep these two destined to be together apart?

     I was such a cliché. An assistant crushing on her handsome, billionaire boss. Pathetic. But then he asked me to be his fake wife and he gave me terms I couldn’t refuse. One year. Millions of dollars. What could go wrong? Other than falling more in love with him? Other than sleeping with him? Oh, and the stalker who wants me dead. I’ve loved Bo Carson for years, but I’m not sure I can survive being married to him. I needed a wife. A pretend wife. Making a name for myself hadn’t been easy, but I did it. I became a billionaire by thirty and was poised to become one of the top financial firms in the country. Now I wanted more and that meant…a wife. I looked high and low, but the perfect wife was six feet away from me. My assistant. Sonya. Sweet, reliable Sonya with the killer curves. Only I’m learning that she’s so much more than that. How will I let her go when our year together is over? **** This is a standalone Novel with a touch of steam and HEA. ****

    It has 'heavy' sexual content, adult themes and language and is not intended for readers under the age of eighteen. BLURB: Ace Blackstone is an extraordinary man with a passion for finding the secrets of others, the hidden and long forgotten. He is a professional private investigator who has a reputation of among the best in his field, despite his loner lifestyle. Adopted by an eccentric mother and laid-back father, he grows up struggling to find out exactly who he is, and why he is the person he has become. His world completely changes once a tall Texan walks into his Chicagoan office and hands him a case that forces him to examine his mind, heart and spirit in ways he never dreamt possible. Then, the unthinkable happens. He falls in love with his case subject, an intelligent and beautiful archeologist with deep, dark secrets of her own. Brooklyn Greene may appear sweet and demure on the outside, but she is waging a war within herself that creates havoc in her life in ways she never dreamed imaginable. Once the two meet, their lives become entangled in a web of lies, deceit, but above all else, an all-consuming passion and love. Ace refuses to let her go and will do anything to protect her from the life she left behind. He soon discovers, nothing in this life comes easy, and there is always a price to pay. Facing his inner demons, he takes on a new challenge, one that changes his life forever. Can he hold onto the love he has found, and still discover the truth about himself? It’s all in a day’s work for a P.I. on the search for his own heart…

     I didn’t even know my ex was pregnant and now I’m forced to be a father. Gem saved them from foster care… from turning out like me. She’s what my boys need… not me or my screwed up ex. The military was supposed to make me a man … One I could be proud of but it just made me a more legitimate killer.  The Hitman’s Secret Twins is a stand-alone bwwm romance. Not appropriate for readers under 18.

    There are only three problems with that.#1: We aren't married.#2: He's my boss, and I'm his nanny.#3: I've had a crush on him for years, and he doesn't even remember meeting me.I'm hoping my problems turn into solutions and fast. I really need this job. Plus, his daughter Maisy is absolutely adorable. Not to mention Aaron himself. Well maybe adorable isn't the word. Dr. Lockhart is the most ravishing, powerful, intelligent man I've ever met. And did I mention he's gorgeous?He's perfect. And I'm perfectly screwed.Because a reporter just asked me how we met, and I have to make it up on the spot. For a limited time, there is a bonus book for your reading pleasure. Book ends at approximately 48%.

    She only has one problem socially - she's overweight. As the "big one" of her girlfriends, she often faces rejection from the men of their social circle because of her size and/or her dark skin. And due to a painful past relationship, she gives up on love completely until, she takes on Mitchell "Mitch" O'Keefe as a new client. The Irish born architect needs a professional cleaning service to help him literally clean up his life after a nasty divorce, but he winds up finding a true friend in LaToya, the owner of It's An Honor Cleaning Service. While LaToya is handicapped emotionally by her baggage, Mitch thinks she's the strongest woman he's ever seen and a breath of fresh air in his hectic life. His only goal is to prove to her that his interest in her is more than lust sparked by curiosity. Read the story of two beautiful people in totally opposite ways who help each other see that beauty is not skin deep but soul deep in the first book of Latrivia S. Nelson's Lonely Heart Series, The Ugly Girlfriend.